At This NYC Hotel, Order Room Service With Emoji

Aloft Hotels' downtown New York City location is taking its hospitality game to the next level with the ability to request room service via emoji. That's right: You can text these graphics to the front desk in order to let them know what you want. For example, you can text a photo of a phone and a charger to let them know you need to juice up your device and the charger is at home (although you will need to specify if you have an iPhone or Android). You can also shoot them a water droplet, a pill, and a banana to give them a heads-up that you need hangover help. But what if your desires go beyond some of the presets that Aloft has recommended? We have a few suggestions:

🐩 💇= My poodle needs a bang trim. Can you please send up a groomer?

🌹 💍 👰 = I've decided to propose to my girlfriend. Will you help me set the scene?

While the program is currently only available in Aloft's Financial District property, Mashable reports that the emoji-room-service experiment could expand to other hotels if it's successful. That's good news for international travelers—you don't have to learn how to ask for a cup of coffee in Japanese if there's an emoji for that.

Aloft isn't the only brand getting on board with social media: this week, Hyatt announced its own special Snapchat filters for its American and Canadian properties.

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